Hi all I have Fedora 20 installed.
I want to write a .desktop file that will open file manager and show the contents of a specific directory. Is there a way to do this?
Code:
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Link (can i put path here?)
Name=OpenAppDirectory
Icon=Logo.png
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i just tryed to install solaris 10.. it installed fine.. but when i restarted it and tried to use it.. i get a message that says: The X server cannot be started on display :0...
what do i do? :confused: (5 Replies)
I am a newb linux user. And i am running suse 9.3 pro.
When i first installed it a couple of days ago, it booted into the desktop
fine the first four or five times.
And not when i turn on my computer and boot linux and loads the devices, then it prompts me...
UserName:
Password:
(which... (1 Reply)
I don't see any threads like this and I know that a bunch of people have really cool desktops, so I`ll start.
rules
1 no images in your post,attachments only
2 no default desktops, tha would be very much a waste (2 Replies)
i want to change my desktop to a darker look been to gnomelook.org and ubuntulook.org even deviant art but seem not able to find anything i like is there anybody out there that might be able to steer me into the right direction ?
i know about how gtk works browsed what is available out there but... (1 Reply)
Hi ,
I want to upload some files from my desktop to unix server through FTP . The list of files are in a text file .Please suggest how to do it through scrip .
Thanks in advance ..
Anupam (8 Replies)
I am on Solaris 10
cat /etc/release
Solaris 10 10/09 s10x_u8wos_08a X86
Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Use is subject to license terms.
Assembled 16 September 2009 (16 Replies)
Hi Friends,
I need help. I have around 100 users. I want to take date wise backup of files which are on desktop for every user.
My user directory path is -: /home/dr/<user_name>/Desktop
1) Script has to run on a perticular time everyday
2) Script has to take backup of all files present... (2 Replies)
We are going to use Linux Desktop systems.
Which one will be the best option ?
I prefer CentOS , but in CentOS which one ?
I heard fedora will take more Ram space..!! is it ?
P.S
1. Users are developers , with eclipse , java , tomcat webserver etc.
2. System Configuration ~: 2GB ,... (8 Replies)
Right, I know this topic has more or less been done to death, however, I'm bringing it up again.
I'm planning on moving to Linux as a full time desktop OS for my home system.
I don't want to run a security distro, or anything that runs as root and just use my Windows OS in a VM when I need to use... (11 Replies)
Discussion started by: 3therk1ll
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
desktop-file-validate
DESKTOP-FILE-VALIDATE(1) General Commands Manual DESKTOP-FILE-VALIDATE(1)NAME
desktop-file-validate - Validate desktop entry files
SYNOPSIS
desktop-file-validate [--no-warn-deprecated] [--warn-kde] FILE...
DESCRIPTION
The desktop-file-validate program is a tool to validate desktop entry files according to the Desktop Entry specification 1.0.
The specification describes a file format to provide information such as name, icon and description for an application. Such a file can
then be used as an application launcher and to display the application in the applications menu.
For information about the Desktop Entry specification, see http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/desktop-entry-spec.
The desktop entry files are commonly called desktop files.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
--no-warn-deprecated
Do not warn about usage of deprecated items that were defined in previous versions of the specification.
--warn-kde
Warn about usage of KDE extensions to the specification. This includes the use of the KDE Desktop Entry group, of the ServiceTypes,
DocPath, Keywords, InitialPreference, Dev, FSType, MountPoint, ReadOnly, UnmountIcon keys, or of the Service, ServiceType and FSDe-
vice types.
BUGS
If you find bugs in the desktop-file-validate program, please report these on https://bugs.freedesktop.org.
SEE ALSO desktop-file-edit(1)desktop-file-install(1)
FREEDESKTOP.ORG DESKTOP-FILE-VALIDATE(1)
03-10-2015
